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T is now above Forty Years since the publication of the First Volume of this Work; and more than Twenty Years have elapsed, since the whole, in Four Volumes, has been submitted to the Public.—Within that time, many Cases have occurred, and several Acts of Parliament have been passed, which, in some instances have explained and illustrated, in others have made an alteration in the Law of Parliament, as it was then to be collected from the Precedents referred to under the several titles. This consideration alone would be a sufficient reason for publishing a New Edition of this Work; but whoever has leisure to compare these Volumes with the former, will immediately perceive the advantages, which they derive from Rh